The operator of TVAddons Kodi repository Adam Lackman has agreed to pay $19.5 million in damages.
TVAddons was arguably the most popular Kodi repository for several years that held hundreds of Kodi addons.
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As first reported by TorrentFreak, starting in June of 2017, major Canadian telecom companies including TVA, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, and others filed a complaint against Adam Lackman pertaining to copyright damages.
DISH Network also filed a separate lawsuit against Lackman and TVAddons within the United States for copyright infringement.
Lackman is the main operator behind the TVAddons Kodi repository and the plaintiff’s case against Lackman claims he illegally distributed TV shows and other works protected by copyright.
This lawsuit against Lackman was very controversial, as Lackman was unable to obtain a defense and the Federal Court restrained him from several activities related to TVAddons.
An “Anton Piller order” was also granted to the plaintiffs, which is a civil search warrant that gave plaintiffs access to Lackman’s house without prior notice.
After these legal incidents with both the Canadian telecom giants and DISH Network, it appeared the TVAddons Kodi repository was gone for good.
However, TVAddons appeared to make a comeback in 2019 under a new domain, but it shortly disappeared along with its Github page and social media accounts.
Now in February 2022, TVAddons is back in the news again after Adam Lackman admitted to unlawfully distributing TV shows owned by the plaintiffs.
In more specific terms, Lackman participated in the “development, hosting, distribution or promotion of Kodi add-ons that provide users with unauthorized access” to the copyrighted works.
Lackman then further admitted that he authorized users of the infringing add-ons to “initiate acts of infringement to communicate the Plaintiff’s programs to the public by telecommunication.”
In simpler terms, he admitted to unlawfully “develop, host, distribute, or promote” Kodi add-ons that broadcasted these copyrighted works illegally.
The Federal Court in Canada then ordered Adam Lackman to pay the plaintiffs in the amount of $19.5 million USD ($25 million Canadian dollars) for copyright damages.
Justice Rochester wrote the following:
“THIS COURT ORDERS the Defendant Mr. Lackman to pay the Plaintiffs the amount of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) in the form of a lump sum for damages, profits, punitive and exemplary damages, and costs.”
The plaintiffs are also gaining control of all “login credentials, accounts, domains, and servers” in order to conclude this multi-year ordeal with TVAddons.
Adam Lackman even commented on the situation through a social media post:
The lawsuit is now officially over and I can move on with my life. It wasn't the outcome I had hoped for, but an outcome nonetheless.
I won't be making further statements on the matter, as I wish to I look towards the future rather than dwell upon the past.
— Adam Lackman • ??? ???? (@adam_lackman) February 23, 2022
There is no doubt that TVAddons is officially dead, with Lackman not able to do anything similar in the future.
The TVAddons repository is now offline and their original website (tvaddons.co) is also offline.
You can view the official court judgment documentation below.
TVAddons & Adam Lackman Court Judgment (PDF)
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